Senior Data Engineer
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 7 October 2026.
The team: R&D HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 4 open in R&D. 2 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in December: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
LLM (2 of 4), Machine Learning (2 of 4), Python (2 of 4), REST (2 of 4), Vector Databases (2 of 4)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- AI Applied Researcher posted Sep 22
- AI Engineer posted Sep 22
- Senior Full Stack Developer posted Dec 30
From the team and dates on Autofleet's own job board.
About the role
We are making the future of Mobility come to life starting today.
At Autofleet we support the world’s largest vehicle fleet operators and transportation providers to optimize existing operations and seamlessly launch new, dynamic business models - driving efficient operations and maximizing utilization.
At the heart of our platform lies the data infrastructure, driving advanced machine learning models and optimization algorithms. As the owner of data pipelines, you'll tackle diverse challenges spanning optimization, prediction, modeling, inference, transportation, and mapping.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a key role in owning and scaling the backend data infrastructure that powers our platform—supporting real-time optimization, advanced analytics, and machine learning applications.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines for batch and real-time processing using Spark, and other modern tools.
- Own the backend data infrastructure, including ingestion, transformation, validation, and orchestration of large-scale datasets.
- Leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to architect and operate scalable, secure, and cost-effective data solutions across the pipeline lifecycle.
- Develop and optimize ETL/ELT workflows across multiple environments to support internal applications, analytics, and machine learning workflows.
- Build and maintain data marts and data models with a focus on performance, data quality, and long-term maintainability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development teams, product managers, and external stakeholders to understand and translate data requirements into scalable solutions.
- Help drive architectural decisions around distributed data processing, pipeline reliability, and scalability.
Requirements
- 4+ years in backend data engineering or infrastructure-focused software development.
- Proficient in Python, with experience building production-grade data services.
- Solid understanding of SQL
- Proven track record designing and operating scalable, low-latency data pipelines (batch and streaming).
- Experience building and maintaining data platforms, including lakes, pipelines, and developer tooling.
- Familiar with orchestration tools like Airflow, and modern CI/CD practices.
- Comfortable working in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP), including containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Bonus: Experience working with GCP
- Bonus: Experience with data quality monitoring and alertingֿ
- Bonus: Experience with Snowflake, DBT, Flink, Kafka
- Bonus: Strong hands-on experience with Spark for distributed data processing at scale.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Salary context
101 other open postings titled Senior Data Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,400 to USD 200,000 a year.
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